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Results Based Outsourcing, Inc. (OTC Pink: RBOS) operates as a outsourcing business services provider. Shares of the business services provider are soaring 87.11%, through early trading on Wednesday, January 9, 2019. Over the past three months, Results based Outsourcing has seen average daily volume of 891 shares. However, volume of 5,621 shares or dollar volume of $23,664, has already exchanged hands through early trading on Wednesday.
Shares of Results Based Outsourcing are soaring on Wednesday, after the company announced that it is changing its name to Driven, Inc. The new company will operate as a cannabis delivery service operating across the United States. Driven, Inc. will provide on-demand marijuana delivery to cities and states that have legalized cannabis markets. The company will be moving forward with its previously-announced forward stock split of 12.35 for 1. Here is the full press release detailing of the name and business change:
Results Based Outsourcing, Inc./Driven, Inc. Press Release:
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Results Based Outsourcing Inc. (RBOS) today announced that it has received approval for plans to change the corporate name to Driven, Inc.
The Company expects its previously announced forward stock split of 12.35 for 1 will be effective imminently since it was advised that all necessary approvals have been obtained. All share and per share amounts for the common stock have been retroactively restated in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission to give effect to the split.
Recent legislature in California, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Florida Arkansas, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, and West Virginia will add $7.4 billion to the 2021 market forecast, bringing the overall market projection for legal, adult-use and medical sales in North America to $24.5 billion. This growth represents a compound annual growth rate of 28%.
Driven Inc. is the only publicly traded cannabis delivery service operating within the United States. Founded by experienced technology and cannabis executives, The Company provides on-demand marijuana delivery, in select cities where allowed by law. Driven provides the legal cannabis consumers the ability to purchase and receive their marijuana in a fast and convenient manner. By 2020, legal cannabis revenue in the U.S. market is projected to hit $23 billion. In leveraging consumer trends, and offering a proprietary, turnkey delivery system to its customers, management believes it is uniquely positioned to best serve the needs of the emerging cannabis industry and capture notable market share within the sector. For more information, please visit https://godriven.com/ and review Driven’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


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Apri Sya’bani (The Jakarta Post)
Wed, January 11, 2023
A survey by Google, Temasek and Bain & Co (2020) predicted that digital financial services in Southeast Asia would increase consistently and reach a value of US$1.2 trillion in 2025. Digitalization is indeed increasing the variety of products to meet the needs of businesses and consumers. Inclusion and the prospect for Indonesia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to become the country’s growth engine are mounting. The delivery of financial services is becoming more efficient, and lower net margins and better prices for financial sector users can be expected.
However, digital innovation is like two sides of a coin, where it offers great benefits but can cause potential disruption. If not approached carefully, digital financial technology can undermine trust in the financial sector and trigger financial sector instability that could set back Indonesia’s vision for robust, sustainable and inclusive growth.
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Green Flash Brewing in California has announced the release date for its sixth annual Treasure Chest program to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer charities. Once again, this program will feature the annual release of Treasure Chest beer packaged in 22 oz. bottles across most of the nation.
Raising money for breast cancer research is a cause that is close to everyone at Green Flash. Brewery Co-founder Lisa Hinkley is a breast cancer survivor and is passionate about helping others whose lives have been affected by this disease. Her mission is to “raise a glass to find a cure.”
“As a six-year breast cancer survivor, I am thrilled to see the Treasure Chest program grow every year,” says Hinkley. “Thanks to the support of our consumers, we are proud to have raised over $220,000 dollars for our national and regional charity partners to date. I am hopeful the program will only continue to build momentum as we strive toward making a difference in the lives of individuals affected by breast cancer.”
Treasure Chest beer will be available in bottles and on-tap in over 27 US states from September through November 2016. The bright pink bottles will be easy to spot and proceeds will go to three charities, which include Prevent Cancer nationally and the Susan G. Komen Foundation affiliates in both San Diego and Virginia Beach, the East and West Coast locations of Green Flash Brewing.
Treasure Chest is an exotic pink-colored IPA made with grapefruit, prickly pear juice and hibiscus flowers. Using 100% Mosaic hops, this extra citrusy beer is sweetened by the combination of refined stone fruits. The beer is 5.7% ABV and 65 IBU.
Below are the event highlights of the 2016 Green Flash Treasure Chest charity program:
National Bottle Release – From September through November, Treasure Chest will be available in select chain retailers nationwide including Total Wine, Yard House, Eureka Burger, 54th St. Grill, Flying Saucer, Raleys, Albertsons, Vons, BevMo, Whole Foods, HEB and Central Market. Others TBA soon. Look for the pink hula girl on the label.
Treasure Chest Fests
San Diego – On Saturday, August 27, Green Flash will host the Treasure Chest Fest featuring Treasure Chest and some of the rarest Green Flash beers available. Enjoy food pairings, live culinary demos, activities and more. Tickets are available at Eventbrite and proceeds will go to Susan G. Komen San Diego.
Virginia Beach – The East Coast festival will be on Saturday, November 12, and is the third year for this event in Virginia. Tickets are also available at Eventbrite with proceeds going Susan G. Komen Tidewater.
Other events this fall include select US cities in Arizona, California, Colorado Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. These will range from tap takovers to beer pairing dinners. Find an event near you using the Green Flash website.
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Lenovo Mobile India is gearing up to deliver the #Knockout punch this year, after revolutionizing 4G last year. Well, we are not saying it but the company itself is. Lenovo India has been teasing a new device that will be announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 and going by the images, it is looking like a global variant of the Lenovo Lemon 3. The budget smartphone was introduced in China just a month back.
After revolutionizing 4G last year, this gorgeous device has been engineered from scratch in a shiny, bold and powerful avatar to deliver the #Knockout punch. Brace yourselves.
Lenovo Lemon 3 Specifications
The Lenovo Lemon 3 features a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display that has a brightness of 450 nits. It is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 (Quad 1.5 GHz + Quad 1.2 GHz) 64-bit processor along with Adreno 405 GPU. It packs in 2 GB of LPDDR3 RAM along with 16 GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128 GB via microSD card. The device runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop OS out of the box. It comes with stereo speakers present at the back that supports Waves MaxxAudio technology and also has Dolby audio on board for an enhanced experience.
The Lemon 3 rocks a 13 megapixel rear camera with LED flash that can capture Full HD 1080p videos. It comes with a 5 megapixel front-facing camera for selfies and video calling. It supports dual SIM (micro). It comes with a metal body that is 7.99 mm thick and weighs 142 grams.
On the connectivity front, the Lemon 3 comes with 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 and GPS. The smartphone packs in a 2,750 mAh battery under the hood.
The Lenovo Lemon 3 is available in Gold and Silver color variants and has been priced at CNY 699 (US $107 / INR Rs 7,290 approximately) in China. We will know the global and Indian pricing when it is being unveiled at MWC 2016.
While Lenovo India is gearing up to bring the Lemon 3 to deliver a #Knockout punch and strengthen its sub Rs 7,000 category, we believe Xiaomi India should up their game and launch the Xiaomi Redmi 3 in the country as well, staying relevant in this segment.


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McDonald’s Co. (Japan) said Friday that large servings of French fries will resume on Jan. 5 thanks to a recovery in its inventory.
The company started limiting orders to small servings nationwide on Dec. 17 after a port workers’ strike on the U.S. West Coast delayed French fry shipments to Japan.
But after taking emergency measures, including the shifting of transportation to airfreight, inventory conditions have improved enough to resume normal sales, McDonald’s said.
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Asda has added more than 50 new product lines to its popular refill zone at its flagship sustainability store in Middleton, Leeds.
The supermarket has partnered with some of the UK’s most popular consumer brands including Coca Cola, Yorkshire Tea, Napolina, Tilda, Mars and Kellogg’s to bring the new product lines to store in refillable format, as it steps up its efforts to help customers reduce, reuse or recycle plastic packaging.
The new products available in store this week include:
- Prefilled 1 Litre glass bottles of Coca-Cola Original Taste and Zero Sugar, which can be returned to the store when empty and deposited into a reverse vending machine. Customers get 20p off their shopping for each deposit, while Coca Cola clean and reuse each bottle
- An increased range of cereals including Kellogg’s Special K, Bran Flakes and Crunchie Nut Corn Flakes Nestle’s Shredded Wheat Bitesize as well as Asda Own Brand Cornflakes and Rice Snaps
- A range of Yorkshire Tea products such as Original, Decaf and Gold tea bags as well as loose tea
- More dried products such as Napolina Rigatoni, fusilli, penne pasta and Tilda basmati and jasmine rice
- Mars petfood such as Whiskas, Chappie and Pedigree, as well as Dreamies cat treats
- Silver Spoon sugar and own brand home baking and snacking including a selection of treats, seeds and nuts
The refill zone has already proved to be extremely popular with customers since opening in October 2020, with several products outstripping packaged sales and many shoppers travelling from outside the local area to shop sustainably. Following the addition of the 50 new lines, customers will now have a choice of 76 different products in refillable format at the store.
Susan Thomas, Director of Commercial Sustainability at Asda said: “We have always said that working in partnership with other likeminded businesses will be vital if we are to persuade people to shop more sustainably. We are very pleased to secure the backing of some of the UK’s most recognisable consumer brands which means we can offer customers even more of their favourite products in refillable format.”
The changes in store are part of the supermarket’s test and learn approach, working with customers to understand what works for them and taking steps to help make sustainable shopping as accessible as possible.
Asda recently announced that it was rolling out its refill proposition to four more stores by the end of the year – Rugby, Milton Keynes, York and its first refill offer in Scotland at the Glasgow Toryglen store.
The refill proposition is part of the supermarket’s commitment to remove 3bn pieces of plastic from own-brand products by 2025 and introduce over 40 refillable products by 2025.


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Mobile workers will be able to access some Oracle apps through two of Nokia's latest phones, the companies have announced.
The E61 and E62 phones can access Oracle's Mobile Field Service work schedules and job information while out of the office. They can also view, edit and create entries within Oracle's Siebel Wireless applications for sales, service and partner relationship management.
The two phones are part of Nokia's new business line of phones, with the E61 looking similar to the popular BlackBerry. Both are out now.
Earlier this year, Nokia introduced access to some Oracle applications on a few other smartphones including the Nokia 9300 and Nokia 9500 Communicator.
While a wide range of companies offer services and software that can push corporate email out to mobiles, those developers are increasingly focused on adding wireless remote access. BlackBerry users, for instance, can access a variety of enterprise applications. IAnywhere Solutions is one developer of a software platform that enterprises can use to mobilise corporate applications.
Nokia continues to push its enterprise solutions group despite several quarters of losses from the division. Most recently however, the phone manufacturer announced a 60 percent increase in E-series phone sales. Nokia said it expects those sales to continue in the coming months.


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Mashreq, one of the leading financial institutions in the UAE, has today reported its financial results for the first quarter ending 31st March 2021.
Mashreq has achieved another successful milestone by receiving the “Market Leader” position in the UAE and Second in the Middle East at the Euromoney Cash Management Survey 2020.
A new report from a high-level retail industry think tank has recommended 25 actions to help the UAE’s retail and mall industry survive the impact of the Covid-19.
Mashreq, one of the leading financial institutions in the UAE, has reported its financial results for the nine months ending 30th September 2020.
UAE Technology Think Tank examine what steps could be taken to support the UAE’s ambition to become a centre of excellence for technology research and innovation.


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This information was revealed via Activision Blizzard’s financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2019.
The Candy Crush franchise grew year-on-year, driven by the arrival of Candy Crush Friends Saga which launched October 2018 however King’s revenue fell by one per cent to $500 million.
According to Blizzard, the Candy Crush Saga - including Soda Saga, Jelly Saga and Friends Saga - had a monthly active user base of 247 million over the previous quarter. Activision Blizzard purchased King in 2016 for an all-cash deal of $5.9 billion.
Net bookings nearly doubled year-on-year with the number expected to accumulate at $6.33 billion for 2019 and $2.65 billion for the fourth quarter of 2019.
38 per cent revenue fall
Activision Blizzard struggled even more with revenue down to $394 million, showing a 38 per cent fall year-on-year.
Net revenue also decreased to $1.28 billion (15 per cent down) and net bookings declined to $1.21 billion (27 per cent down).
Although numbers across the board were down, the Californian-based firm did still make a profit with Call of Duty on mobile and console cited as big influences. Earnings per share equalled out at $0.26, a decrease of 24 per cent.
COD and WOW
“Our third quarter results exceeded our prior outlook for both revenue and earnings per share,” said Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick.
“Recent launches have enabled significant growth in the size of our audiences for our Call of Duty and World of Warcraft franchises.
"As we introduce mobile and free-to-play games based on our franchises we believe we can increase audience size, engagement and monetization across our wholly owned franchises," he continued.
“With a strong content pipeline and momentum in mobile, esports and advertising, we are confident we will remain a leader in connecting and engaging the world through epic entertainment.”
Amongst controversy at BlizzCon 2019, Blizzard revealed more details about the upcoming Diablo Immortal mobile game.


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Nokia seems to close Microsoft acquisition deal by March-end
It has been nearly six months since Microsoft officially announced that the Nokia firm wish to redeem $7.2 billion, and the deal could finally be signed before the end of the quarter.
Six months after the announcement that totally surprised the mobile market and always raised some questions about its evolution, mainly on the Windows Phone segment, Microsoft could fasten the acquisition of Nokia by the end of March.
Late last week, the manufacturer of smartphones has renewed its intention to end the operation as soon as possible, taking advantage of a press conference to declare that the light tax worries that the brand knows in India, one of its plants should not slow the acquisition process.
According to initial reports the new CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, which highlighted the need for Microsoft to become more involved in the mobile market, it will probably not be the Redmond giant that will slow the integration of Nokia in its ranks.
In addition, there was a new request that will include the famous Normandy, the first Android smartphone from Nokia which should be presented at MWC next week, but more importantly what will happen to Windows Phone 8.
With the acquisition of Nokia, Microsoft will have all the cards to study, design, assemble and disseminate the Windows Phone which it dreams of. The company could thus finally achieve the perfect Windows Phone, at least according to its own criteria, with hand over all elements of the design supply chain. Needless to say, the expectations of users will be high.
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Groceries-to-fashion conglomerate Associated British Foods (ABF) puts on 30p at £30.66 after delivering an in-line interim pre-close update. Although first half operating profit will be lower year-on-year, investors like the news its high growth retail division Primark is powering ahead.
Family-controlled ABF today reiterates guidance of a marginal decline in full-year earnings per share and lower interim operating profits year-on-year, reflecting sterling's strengthening against most of ABF's major trading currencies as well as the negative impact of weak EU sugar prices on AB Sugar.
Yet this is overshadowed by news of first half profits improvement in its agriculture and ingredients divisions, 'excellent profit progress' from the Twinings Ovaltine business. Budget clothing chain Primark, the jewel in the ABF crown, continues to perform well with European expansion continuing apace.
At constant currency, Primark's sales grew 16% year-on-year, driven by an increase in retail selling space and 'very high sales densities' in recently-opened stores spanning France, Germany and the Netherlands. Unseasonably warm weather across northern Europe and the cannibalisation impact of new store openings in the Netherlands and Germany crimped overall first half like-for-like sales growth and hit margins due to increased mark-downs, yet Primark enjoyed brisk business over Christmas and a second quarter uplift in like-for-like sales.
Shore Capital estimates like-for-like growth of around 4% through January and February, encouraging given the subdued same-store growth rates flagged for the opening 16 weeks of the year in January.
ABF also highlights progress in building a management team in the US ahead of Primark's ambitious launch across the pond later this year. Eight leases for stores in the north east of the US have been signed, including seven from department store Sears (SHLD:NDQ), a relationship that should help Primark gain traction in the USA.


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Winners Take Podium at Georgia SkillsUSA Competition
ATLANTA—The Printing and Imaging Association of Georgia (PIAG) announced the winners of the Georgia SkillsUSA graphic communications competition, sponsored by Heidelberg and held at its Print Media Demonstration Center in Kennesaw, GA. Through a grant from the PIAG Educational Foundation, the first place contestant was awarded $4,500 in scholarships and had the opportunity to travel to Kansas City to compete in the National SkillsUSA competition.
Winning awards were: first place, Alyssa Ailion, a senior at Walton High School in Marietta, GA, who also went on to place second in the National SkillsUSA competition; second place, Victoria Gunnin, a senior at Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone, GA; and third place, Bryan Shipes, a junior at Appling County High School in Baxley, GA.
Cub Scouts Enjoy Printing Field Trip
STUART, FL—Southeastern Printing recently hosted an after hours “field trip” for a local Cub Scout group. Eight scouts and their parents joined Roger Butler, Southeastern’s director of sales (pictured), for a plant tour of the company’s lithographic and flexographic pressrooms, and an explanation of the printing process—from prepress through bindery functions.
In addition, the scouts were also shown the “greening” of Southeastern, through the many eco-friendly processes and procedures the company has in place. They even got a “green” work assignment, when Butler distributed freshly trimmed waste paper strips, instructing each of the scouts to “go home and make something from these.”
At Boston-based LVI Print Optimization, Ken Prittie has been tapped as the company’s new team leader of preproduction. He previously held positions at Universal Millennium, Cenveo and Donahue Printing.
Two promotions have been announced at Waukegan, IL-based Lake County Press (LCP). Bob Theer has been named director of client services, responsible for managing the company’s customer service department, while maintaining his duties as senior account representative. Lee Marcoe has been promoted to environmental health and safety/quality manager.
Two additions have been announced at Wichita, KS-based McCormick-Armstrong Co. Vernon Reeves has joined as a sales account representative based in Dallas. Michael Murphy has also been hired as a sales rep based in the Cincinnati market, and is now responsible for sales in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
John Lemke has joined The EGT Group, Madison Heights, MI, as purchasing department manager. Lemke comes to EGT from Budco, where he had spent the last 18 years serving as director of purchasing and general manager of the printing operations and bindery.
Andy Brown has joined Seattle-based BIGink, a large-format and creative solutions printer, as senior project manager on the customer service team.
Cranford, NJ-based Plymouth Printing has tapped Keith Dovel as president and COO. Dovel has served as Plymouth’s vice president and general manager since 2006, and succeeds H.D. Auerbach, who was named Plymouth’s chairman and CEO, after a 38-year tenure as president.
Ann Massei is the new marketing director at Chatsworth, CA-based Impress Communications. Impress also reports it is poised for major growth with the infusion of $8 million in new press equipment and capabilities added over the past 18 months.
Claremont, CA-based Phoenix Marketing Services has named Roger Underwood as its new digital sales representative.
Randy Hewitt has been promoted to Padgett Printing’s sales team. Hewitt has worked as a production coordinator since he joined the Dallas-based company in November of 2005.
Ft. Lee, NJ-based American Bank- note, parent of the ABnote Group, has tapped Timothy Wright as vice president of product marketing for ABnote. Wright previously served as vice president of sales at Innovative Card Technologies.
The new pressroom manager at Modern International Graphics, Eastlake, OH, is Jamie Vanoster. He formerly held positions at Austin Printing and Franzen Graphics.
The new national sales manager at Victor Graphics, Baltimore, is J. Michael Roeck. He previously served as vice president of sales for the Midwest with the Banta Corp.
Mark Redshaw has been named the new president of Specialty Print & Mail, a division of Holden Marketing Group, based in Longmont, CO.
Rockville, MD-based Smith Litho has tapped Robert Birkland as its new COO and CFO. Birkland has more than 23 years of experience in the commercial printing industry.
Print in the Mix
Magazine Ads Featuring Web Addresses Boost Traffic
A Magazine Publishers of America study reconfirms prior studies that show including URLs in magazine ads drives readers to advertiser Websites. The biggest lifts came in the women’s services, home and travel categories, where ads featuring Web addresses were 98 percent, 103 percent and 186 percent, respectively, more likely to boost Website visits.
Source: Analysis of 833 print ads in seven magazines representing six distinct magazine genres. Study commissioned by Magazine Publishers of America and conducted by VISTA Print Effectiveness Rating Service. Released June 2, 2008.
Boomers: Print Drives Online Traffic
In a study of online baby boomer trends, 93 percent of the 40+ year-olds surveyed said they have read an article about a Website in print (newspaper or magazine) and have later visited the site online. Baby boomers account for 78 million people in the United States and control more than 83 percent of consumer spending, reminding marketers that media coverage, as part of an integrated marketing strategy, remains an important element of boomer marketing.
Source: ThirdAge/JWTBOOM of 1,800 U.S. adults, age 40 and over, as reported by Marketing Charts, June 5, 2008.
Advertising Inserts Are No. 1 Research Tool
In 2004, the number of adults who entered a store without doing any prior research to help them make educated purchases was 31 percent. Today, however, since consumers are doing their homework, this number has dropped to 17 percent. Their favorite research tools are as follows:
Advertising Inserts — 57 percent
Internet — 50 percent
Catalogs — 38 percent
Source: Vertis Customer Focus: Decade of Data, 2008. Customer Focus is Vertis Communications’ proprietary annual study tracking consumer media and buying behavior across a wide variety of industry segments and media, including advertising inserts, direct marketing and the Internet.
Print in the Mix, a clearinghouse of research on print media effectiveness, is published by the Printing Industry Center at RIT and made possible by a grant from The Print Council. Please visit www.printinthemix.rit.edu and www.theprintcouncil.org
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Legalizing cannabis farms to make clothes, building materials and beauty products could be part of the solution to South Australia’s looming post-Holden manufacturing crisis, a hemp industry expert and state politician say.
The newly formed Industrial Hemp Association of SA and Greens MLC Tammy Franks say hemp farms would create new jobs and inject much-needed cash into the state’s economy.
Hemp is a form of cannabis. However, it only contains 1 per cent THC — the chemical responsible for the “high” people feel when smoking marijuana, which contains about 5 to 20 per cent THC.
Growing industrial hemp under license is already legal in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia.
Ms Franks said the industry could help SA recover from the fallout of the closure of Holden’s Elizabeth manufacturing plant, which experts say will likely result in 13,000 jobs losses across Holden and its supply chain.
She said the Greens believed the industry would be a good fit for retrenched Holden workers and the party was keen to work with Manufacturing and Innovation Minister Kyam Maher to explore this possibility.
“The single largest use for hemp fibre produced in North America is for automotive composite products,” she says.
“Hemp fibre is worth serious consideration for automotive composite applications as it is easy to process and recycle, while it can also be customised to meet a variety of specifications and different manufacturing systems, as is evident in Europe and America.”
Ms Franks said the hemp industry in the US grew by 22 per cent in 2014 and had an annual retail turnover of $620 million.
“South Australia has an unemployment rate that needs to be urgently addressed, so it makes sense for us to think about prospective industries like the hemp industry,” she said.
Industrial Hemp Association of SA spokeswoman Ruth Trigg said the industry could provide a lifeline to workers affected by the Holden closure.
Ms Trigg said industrial hemp was a useful renewable material that used less water, pesticides and fertilisers than other fibre crops.
Hemp can also be used to make a concrete-like product called hempcrete.
“It can revolutionise the building industry using the qualities of hempcrete for fire retardant, insulation, acoustics, for absorbing CO2 for the rest of its life, and for ease of use as a pourable slurry,” she said.
The mayors of Tea Tree Gully, Salisbury and Playford councils said the idea was worth looking into.
“If this industry can provide jobs then it should be investigated,” Playford Mayor Glenn Docherty said.
Tea Tree Gully Mayor Kevin Knight said: “We have to start looking outside the square, as long as there’s no risk with the drug part of it.”
Salisbury Mayor Gillian Aldridge said she thought it was a “great idea”.
“I’m always excited for new manufacturing opportunities, which create jobs in the area,” she said.
Manufacturing and Innovation Minister Kyam Maher revealed in State Parliament this month that he owns a pair of brown jeans made from hemp.
He is planning to meet with the Industrial Hemp Association of SA to discuss its proposal to legalise hemp production in SA, although his office is yet to arrange a date.
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"You will not be disappointed": Sony official might have teased that a 4K OLED Xperia is in the works42
pixel density of 801ppi, but we are certain that Samsung will likely keep the initial batch of these for itself.While it's certain that Sony is exploring its options for further display improvements on its Xperia lineup, there are a couple of reasons why a 4K OLED Xperia will probably not happen at MWC 2018. The glaring one is that Sony has never really come up with an OLED smartphone, and the second one is that no other manufacturer has come up with a 4K OLED display on its own so far. So far, we've only heard rumors of Samsung Display working on a 4K OLED panel with the mind-boggling
4K phone at the moment, after all), we just find it quite unlikely that a 4K OLED screen will grace an Xperia device at MWC 2018, which sounds awfully early.Of course, we are not diminishing Sony Mobile's engineering prowess at all (it is the only manufacturer with a
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Every year, more than 400 million tons of plastic is produced worldwide - more than a third of which is packaging. As it stands, global recycling systems can’t cope with this volume, which means only 9 percent of plastic is being recycled worldwide.
In the UK, for example, well over half of the household plastic packaging that the government claims is being recycled is actually sent abroad. Most of it ends up in countries with very low recycling rates, sometimes leading to plastic waste being dumped or illegally burned.
How do we take this 9% and turn it into 100 percent? The answer lies with demand. For a circular economy to work we need to think less about what we’re throwing away and more about what we’re building in. In other words, we need to stop thinking about recycling in terms of sorting plastic in our household bins, instead thinking about how we ensure this plastic is repurposed and given a new life.
The UK government is taking some steps to improve this situation, like announcing plans for a deposit return scheme, so that consumers can return plastic bottles via vending machines in supermarkets. But such initiatives are nowhere near enough to address the sheer scale of the world’s plastic crisis.
95 percent of plastic packaging loses its material value, equivalent to $80-120 billion annually, after just one use. Through a circular economy, we could retain the value of this plastic so it doesn’t end up as litter or pollution.
However, in our current economic climate, many businesses are showing no signs of reducing their dependence on new plastic. So, how can we incentivize businesses to adopt sustainable practices to protect our environment from plastic pollution?
Some might argue that the key lies with consumers, saying it’s down to individuals to change their behavior, recycle better and stop buying so much single-use plastic. Others believe that responsibility lies with governments to push forward legislative and structural change.
Of course, individual actions matter. As consumers, we can all make better choices, for example choosing products in recycled packaging to ensure recycling has actually happened. This increased demand for more environmentally sustainable packaging would stimulate supply and drive the recycled plastic market forward. However, the enormity of the crisis in which we’re mired and the short timeframes in which we must act mean that to close the loop, we will need ambitious government intervention to drive the transformation. Consumers impact demand. But governments have it in their powers to stimulate demand on an enormous scale too.
We require urgent systemic change and that requires innovative policies. In practice, this means proper investment in better recycling infrastructure and incentivizing businesses to use recycled plastic, for example by increasing Plastic Packaging Tax penalties to businesses who aren’t using recycled content across all their lines. If governments added a minimum requirement of 50% recycled plastic, which plans to increase this figure over time, we’d likely triple the amount we are recycling. The government should also move forward with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes – requiring companies to take responsibility for all the plastic they produce right through to the end of its life. That’s how to build a truly circular economy.
The Prevented Ocean Plastic Programme is as an example of the kind of large-scale, quality plastic recycling program that nurtures a circular economy so that plastic retains its value and doesn’t end up in our environment as pollution or litter. We make high-quality recycled plastic from discarded bottles found on coastlines in the regions at risk of ocean plastic pollution. At the same time, we provide a reliable and fair income for people living in developing countries, generating opportunities for local people. To date, we have saved over a billion bottles from entering the ocean and expect to save another billion in the next 18 months. We can trace the materials we use every step of the way, from collection centres in at-risk coastlines to finished products on supermarket shelves.
Beyond packaging, we also want to see virgin plastic replaced with recycled alternatives within products themselves. A recent example of this is our work with responsible outdoor clothing company Patagonia, which us using Prevented Ocean Plastic in their range of top-performing men’s and women’s running and climbing shorts.
But not all businesses are currently as invested in responsible supply chains as Patagonia. Without legislation forcing businesses to act, they won’t put investment behind such comprehensive solutions. This is especially true during the cost-of-living crisis, which many companies are using as an excuse to put on the backburner their ethical and environmental standards.
With the world producing twice as much plastic as it was two decades ago, global recycling systems are failing. Most plastic waste is ending up in landfill, the oceans or incinerators – which release toxic gases and harmful particles into the atmosphere. By driving the demand for recycled plastic, consumers have a role to play in turning this situation around, but real change requires government intervention. With plastic now polluting our planet from the top of Mount Everest to the deepest depths of the ocean, it’s more than time that policymakers around the world stepped up and tackled the unprecedented crisis we face.
Raffi Schieir is the director of Bantam Materials.


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Computer games maker Eidos has confirmed it is in talks with a number of suitors that could lead to a takeover bid for the company.
A number of suitors are eying up the creator of Lara Croft
The creator of Tomb Raider and Lara Croft said it was in early discussions with a small number of unnamed firms.
Eidos recently embarked on a strategic review after warning that it would fail to make a profit this financial year.
US-based games publishers such as Electronic Arts could be among those interested in making a bid.
Eidos has expanded overseas in recent years and has bases in Australia, Germany, France and Japan.
But the Wimbledon-based company has had a rough ride since early 2004 when its shares tumbled after it warned of a sluggish games market, particularly in the US.
However, shares in the group have risen by around 20% over the past week amid speculation that a bid may be on the horizon.
At the close of trade on Tuesday, Eidos shares were trading 1p higher at 108p.
The company said it did not expect to make any further announcements on the talks until it releases its annual results in September.


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Tesla is rapidly expanding the number of Supercharger stations available to owners of other brands of electric vehicles (EVs) around the world, with the latest expansion taking place in New Zealand.
The launch of the Non-Tesla Supercharger program in New Zealand was announced by the official Tesla Charging account on X. According to Tesla’s map, six of the seventeen Superchargers are part of the program, opening up a total of 30 connectors to non-Tesla EVs on the two main islands of the country.
- Glenfield (7 Superchargers)
- Rotorua (6 Superchargers)
- New Plymouth (3 Superchargers)
- Christchurch (4 Superchargers)
- Timaru (6 Superchargers)
- Queenstown (4 Superchargers)
According to reports from local owners, non-Tesla EVs plugging in at one of these six sites will be paying $0.99 per kWh, which works out to roughly a 20% premium over what Tesla owners pay ($0.83/kWh). Opting for the Tesla Charging membership will bring the non-Tesla price down to the same rate as Tesla owners.
Tesla Superchargers in New Zealand are already equipped with dual NACS and CCS connectors, meaning the company doesn’t have to go to the time and effort to retrofit the stations with the Magic Dock. The Magic Dock allows Tesla to easily convert a Supercharger with only a NACS (North American Charging Standard) connector to also include a CCS adapter that can only be unlocked for use through the mobile app.
The Magic Dock launched in North America earlier this year, with a total of 11 stations in New York and California getting the CCS adapter, but then installations went suddenly quiet. That has changed in the last few weeks and months as the Tesla Charging team has added the Magic Dock at 28 stations, including 26 in the US and 2 in Canada.


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Powerleague backs £42million takeover
Five-a-side football operator Powerleague today said it had agreed a £42.5million takeover offer from its biggest shareholder.
Its executive chairman Claude Littner - a former colleague of Sir Alan Sugar who appears in The Apprentice - stands to make £2.6million from the deal.
The ex-Amstrad and Tottenham Hotspur chief executive led a management buy-out of Powerleague from investment group 3i in 2003 and owns 6.1 per cent.
Deal: Claude Littner could make £2.6million from the takeover of Powerleague
The firm, which has 43 football centres, has recommended the offer from Patron Sports Leisure, a subsidiary of European investment firm Patron Capital which owns 29 per cent.
Shares in the firm rose 15 per cent on news of the deal, which has been on the cards since Patron said it was considering an offer for rest of the company in April.
Powerleague bought JJB's Soccer Domes business for £17.4million in March last year, but now wants to pursue growth plans under private ownership due to the recession and tight credit markets.
It said: 'Patron Sports Leisure believes that Powerleague's growth prospects are best served away from the constraints of the public market where it can access a wider range of funding options to finance its growth than are currently available.'
Mr Littner will resign on completion of the deal, but work as a consultant for six months. Current chief executive Sean Tracey, who owns 4 per cent of the firm, will stay and exchange his stake for shares in Patron.
The latest results from the business showed pre-tax profits edging up 4 per cent to £5.4million in the year to July 4.
The firm has cut its debts by £2million to £36.4million but plans to open two new sites - at Regents Park in central London and Yardley in the Midlands during the first half of the year, as well as extending its pipeline of potential sites.
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The report is based on data collected from background verifications and reference checks conducted by First Advantage across India.
Tree House Q4 profit down at Rs 5 crore; total income up
Tree House said it has posted a net profit of Rs 5.06 cr in the 4th quarter ended March 31 as compared to Rs 6.12 cr in the same period last year.
Infosys results: Company to hire 45,000 people in FY 2012
Infosys and its subsidiaries added 8,930 employees (gross). The net addition during the quarter was 3,041.
We are looking for strategic acquisitions: Himanshu Gupta, S Chand & Company
There is a growth of around 6-7% in terms of the student strength in the private school market.
2016 witnessed negative retail space supply: JLL
According to property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle, closure and change in usage of failed malls, limited new supply led to net negative supply of 3 lakh sqft in 2016.
Government, education projects to help India tablet market grow in 2015: IDC
The consumer space will continue to be led by the local brands and we may see re-entry of some of the older players in the top five vendor list.
Mohandas Pai says over 100 Infoscions could be CEOs of small, medium and large companies
Pai said that in 17 years he has seen the rise of Infosys from a 500-person $10 million company to a $6 billion 130,000-person company.
Auction buys, investments make Airtel strong to gain market share despite Jio: Gopal Vittal
We used to sit at churns of 8-8.5% a month, went down to 2.5-2.6%, but now inched up to 3.5% because of competitive intensity.
Mapping the market: Few big winners on a day when most stocks took a hit
First, weak exports data and factory order numbers from Japan dampened the global mood. Then came weakest report of European business activity survey.
Global disinflationary pressure will not let Fed rate hike in a hurry: Sreesankar
India’s domestic macro data may be looking up, but on a low base that growth is nowhere near its prime, says R Sreesankar, Prabhudas Lilladher.
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On Friday 5th February the IAB held an event at the IAB offices called Taking social media advertising to the masses. This event discussed how brands can take advantage of consumer engagement in social media and make mainstream digital campaigns work together with social media environments – sometimes blurring the lines between real life and virtual worlds.
With members of the SMC speaking at it, Ciaran Norris, Phil Guest, Kate Box and Trevor Johnson.
You can see their presentations here:
Ciaran Norris, Head of Social Media, Mindshare
How social media has become more mainstream than the mainstream.
Phil Guest, Senior Vice President of Global Advertising Sales, Habbo
How virtual lives can mimic our real lives.
Kate Box, Head of Social Media, Sales, Microsoft Advertising
Social Media and Traditional Digital Working Together
Trevor Johnson, Strategy and Planning, EMEA, Facebook
How to large crowds online, and future trends.
And chaired by
Social media debate
As part of Social Media Week on Wednesday 3rd February at 4.30pm – 6.00pm the IAB held a debate at the IAB offices. The motion of the debate was: the importance of picking your battles online: when, where and why should brands respond to consumers in social media?
Our panel of experts provided case studies and practical guidance, encourage debate and answered questions on when we should listen to unhappy customers online, when we should get them involved in our brand campaigns and whether the noise of a few vocal, unhappy customers makes any difference to the bottom line.
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On a global scale, COVID-19 significantly impacted consumers’ approach to health. The pandemic caused a significant proportion of end users to take a more proactive approach to their wellness to maintain their health for the long-term.
FMCG Gurus consumer insights highlight that 60% of consumers in EMEA have become more conscious about their health in the last couple of years. For 42% of consumers in Europe, this is because their concerns increased because of COVID-19.
This showcases how the pandemic enabled consumers to re-evaluate their health and adopt a more proactive approach to their well-being.
Importantly, since the pandemic, consumers have maintained these health-conscious approaches to their dietary habits and lifestyle choices … and have committed to preventive approaches to their health and wellness.
Consumers are viewing well-being in a holistic sense and are understanding that multiple areas of health affect others. For example, FMCG Gurus consumer insights reveal that whereas 67% of consumers in the EMEA want to improve their immune status, 83% looked to improve their overall health.
This demonstrates that consumers are looking to address multiple aspects of their health and well-being and understand that different many different aspects are interlinked. This holistic approach includes a health-conscious approach to their diet, a proactive approach to exercising and care towards their mental well-being and sleep health.
In addition, consumers have adopted a prevention rather than cure approach to their health, meaning that they are addressing this before issues or symptoms arise.
The reasons why consumers have taken this proactive approach to health maintenance is because 58% of them in the EMEA are researching the benefits of altering their diet and lifestyle habits. At the same time, 57% “want to remain active and healthy until as late in life as possible.”
It’s essential that food and drink brands cater towards the proactive consumer by producing and promoting better-for-you and guilt-free alternatives that will allow consumers to enjoy nutritious snacks.
FMCG Gurus insights highlight that 23% of consumers in the EMEA have become more conscious about their health because they want to take a more proactive approach to their health.
In addition, fortified products are popular among active nutrition consumers. For instance, FMCG Gurus findings demonstrate that 50% of consumers in the EMEA have looked to increase their intake of functional and fortified food in the last 6 months.
This illustrates that consumers are interested in maximising their nutrient intake in a way that is convenient. Brands should ensure that food and drink products are nutritious, tasty and affordable, especially during a time of financial uncertainty.
Consumers often seek out products that are both high in protein and low in sugars to cater to their active nutrition lifestyle. For example, FMCG Gurus consumer insights show that 56% of consumers in the EMEA have altered their snacking habits from products including chocolate or confectionery to high protein and/or low sugar products.
This illustrates that consumers are looking to maximise their protein intake and often interpret protein as being a halo health ingredient.
As a result, brands must ensure that food and drink products have clearly labelled health and ingredient claims, as well as a streamlined ingredients list that enables consumers to seek out natural, chemical-free and health-boosting products.
In addition, 74% of consumers in the EMEA are seeking out high protein products in the chocolate and confectionery market. This highlights that consumers are looking for high protein products that are also indulgent and offer sensory appeal.
There are concerns about the sensory appeal of high protein snacks, including concerns around the aftertaste of these products. Owing to this, brands must look to improve the taste and aftertaste of their high protein snacks to appeal to a wider range of consumers.


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They’re the best and the brightest in business today. By studying the country’s top entrepreneurs, business owners can gain insight into what makes a business successful. Some of the entrepreneurs who are included on the list were able to turn a failing company around, while others grew a new startup from a mere idea.
By coming up with innovative ideas and successfully navigating the murky waters of business ownership, these ten entrepreneurs top 2013’s list of the best of the best. They are listed in no specific order.
Evan Spiegel—This 23-year-old co-founder of Snapchat made big news this year by reportedly turning down a $3 billion purchase by Facebook. Over the course of 2013, the company received funding from a variety of sources, ending the year with a $50 million investment at an almost $2 billion valuation. The company’s popularity with younger users makes it appealing to advertisers and marketers, as well as entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg, who is struggling to capture the younger demographic. Perhaps Spiegel’s business savvy comes from his background. The entrepreneur, who is the son of two wealthy lawyers, left Stanford University with only three classes remaining until he had his degree. Spiegel is proof that real success comes from taking big risks.
Jeff Bezos—While Amazon still struggles to make a profit on its retail end, the company made big waves in 2013 because of the success of Amazon Web Services (AWS). As computing switches from devices and local servers to the cloud, AWS is emerging as a true leader in the space, impressing investors and accelerating cloud adaptation across the globe. Bezos is credited with the growth of e-commerce by taking the site from being primarily a bookseller to its status today as the top retailer on the web.
Larry Page—When he co-founded Google in 1998, Page could have no idea how the company would change the face of computing. Prior to Page’s co-creation of an algorithm that analyzed the way webpages connect to each other, users primarily accessed the internet through portals like Yahoo!. Page has taken Google far beyond being a search engine service, with the company now serving as one of the top Software as a Service (SaaS) vendors with its Gmail and Google Drive products.
Howard Schultz—Starbucks successfully weathered the economic crisis due to some tough decisions made by CEO Howard Schultz, including closing stores and delaying growth. Now that the economy is improving, Schultz has shifted his focus to packaged goods, covering grocery stores and other retail locations with bottled and boxed Starbucks products. The company told Fortune that it hopes to become as much a staple of grocery stores as Coca-Cola.
Mark Zuckerberg—At 29 years of age, the Facebook co-founder has amply proven that his social media site is no MySpace. While Facebook still struggles with the younger demographic, their parents and grandparents are using the site even when they aren’t online for any other purpose. He regularly ranks as one of the wealthiest and most influential people in the world and his foresight in acquiring Instagram may help it reach those younger users. The company aggressively stepped up its advertising in 2013, leading it to beat earnings expectations in its last earnings report of the year. News that it is testing video ads may have many consumers groaning, but chances are, they’ll continue to use the site even if unexpected video launches make it a more annoying experience.
Bre Pettis—3-D printing is poised to change the way items are made and purchased, but until recently, the equipment was beyond the reach of the average consumer. Brooklyn-based MakerBot Industries specializes in making 3-D printing available to everyone through do-it-yourself kits that allow consumers to make their own printers. Recently, Pettis announced the company will be offering 3-D printing services at its retail stores located in New York, Boston, and Greenwich, Connecticut.
Jack Dorsey—One sign a company has a great idea is that major companies step up to come out with competing solutions. When Dorsey released Square, he not only allowed the average small business owner to accept credit card payments on a mobile device, he set off a shift in the industry. Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter, not only owns 32 percent of Square, but he also serves as the company’s CEO. Heading into 2014, the company may face fierce competition from Amazon, which reportedly recently bought its competitor, GoPago.
Travis Kalanick—Kalanick is known as a “serial entrepreneur” due to his many endeavors since the late 90s. The experience has served him well as CEO of Uber, a company that connects consumers with taxi services via a tap on a mobile device screen. Kalanick has been forced to weather some major challenges in 2013 as competitors covered the company in “cease and desist” letters and regulators passed regulations that would make it difficult for the company to continue to operate. If Uber can survive these challenges, it will still be required to make up for recent charges of price gouging during snowstorms.
Godfrey Sullivan—As corporate America continues to receive mandates to make Big Data a part of its business strategy, Splunk is making it accessible to everyone. At the helm of it all is Sullivan, who has helped the company see massive growth in his five years as CEO. The company successfully filed an IPO in 2012 and acquired analytics solution Bugsense in September 2013.
Tim Ferriss—An entrepreneur, angel investor, and public speaker, Ferriss seems to be everywhere these days. His book The 4-Hour Workweek has been on the New York Times Bestseller List for six years and has since been joined by The 4-Hour Body and The 4-Hour Chef. The author-turned self-help guru has now landed his own TV show, The Tim Ferriss Experiment, which began airing on HLN in November.
Whether they’re weathering controversy or acquiring new businesses, these entrepreneurs are changing the way we live, work, and play. They take big risks, successfully predict future trends, and drive their companies to the top of their industries.


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Mars recalls thousands of bottles of chocolate milk over fears they could cause food poisoning because of high levels of bacteria
- Bacterium which can cause vomiting and diarrhea found in some bottles
- Mars Milk, Snickers Shake and Galaxy Smooth Milk among recalled drinks
- Consumers have been told not to drink any of the listed products
- Mars insists that no other pack formats or bottle sizes have been affected
Warning: Certain bottles of Mars Milk are among the products being recalled after a type of bacteria known to cause food poisoning was found
Mars is recalling thousands of bottles of chocolate milk over fears that they could cause food poisoning.
Drinks including Mars Milk, Snickers Shake and Galaxy Smooth Milk are among those which consumers are being warned not to drink after 'elevated levels' of a type of bacteria was found.
The strand of bacterium found in the bottle, type of one known as Bacillus, produces toxins which can cause both vomiting and diarrhea.
It is usually found in prepared foods, particularly rice and leftovers, and can also be present in sauces, soups, and other foods that have sat out too long at room temperature.
The recall applies to batches carrying a best-before date between 19 December 2014 and 11 April 2015, inclusive.
The drinks were manufactured by German company Milchwerke Mittelelbe GMBH for Mars Chocolate Drinks.
A Mars spokesperson said: 'We are recalling all of the products listed as a precaution as they could pose a possible health risk due to the potential presence of a type of the bacteria known as Bacillus.'
She confirmed that the U.S. market is not affected as the bottles are not sold there.
Bottles of sports-cap drinks and larger 750ml 'fridge pack' drinks are being recalled.
Sports-cap bottles of Mars Milk (350ml, 376 ml), Starburst Strawberry Drink (350 ml), Bounty Drink (350ml), Snickers Shake (350ml, 376 ml), Skittles Wildberry (376 ml), Galaxy Smooth Milk (350ml, 376 ml), Milky Way Milk (350 ml), Mars Caramel Milk (350ml) and Skittles Fruits (350, 376ml).
Consumers are also warned not to drink Mars Milk (750 ml), Galaxy Smooth Milk (750ml) and Skittles Fruits (750 ml).
A Mars spokesperson said: 'We want to ensure that anyone in possession of these products with these best before dates is aware that they should not be consumed and that contact should be made with our consumer care team for more information.'
She continued: 'Mars Chocolate Drinks have spoken to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to ensure all requirements are being followed.
'Mars and our suppliers take quality and food safety very seriously and apologise for any inconvenience.'
Health risks: Consumers have been warned over 350ml sports-cap bottles of Bounty Drink, Mars Caramel Milk and Starburst Strawberry Drink with best-before dates between 19 December 2014 and 11 April 2015
'We want to reassure consumers that no other pack formats or bottle sizes of branded milk drink products are affected.'
Product recall notices are being displayed in stores where the drinks are sold, advising consumers of the recall and what they can do if they have bought the affected products.
A spokesperson for Morrisons said: 'We have put posters up at customers service desks and signage where you would normally buy the drinks.'
In a statement on their website, the Food Standards Agency said: 'The Food Standards Agency has been informed by Mars Chocolate Drinks that it is recalling certain date codes of its milk drinks.
Manufacturers: The Mars Chocolate Drinks that are being recalled were made by Milchwerke Mittelelbe GMBH, based in Stendal, Germany, pictured. Mars Chocolate Drinks said that all products not listed are safe
'This is because they contain elevated levels of a type of bacteria known as Bacillus, which can cause food poisoning.
'This means the products are a possible health risk to consumers.'
Customers can contact the Mars consumer care team on 0800 952 0084, by post to Freepost, Mars Consumer Care, or online by visiting the Mars website.
Manufacturers Milchwerke Mittelelbe GMBH have been contacted by MailOnline for comment.
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Electric Vehicle Registration Charges Will Be Exempted In India
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has announced that Electric Vehicle Registration Charges Will Be Exempted In India or renewal of registration certificates, as well as the assignment of a new registration mark. This is great news for OEMs and potential EV customers.
In May 2021, the ministry released a draught notification proposing to exempt Battery Operated Vehicles (BOV) from paying fees for the issuance or renewal of Registration Certificates (RC) and the assignment of new registrations under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. The goal is to promote e-mobility and accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles throughout the country.
Despite the fact that several states have eliminated EV registration fees under their respective laws, the recent notification will benefit EV users nationwide and offer uniformity.
The total number of electric vehicles sold in FY2021 was 238,120, down 19.41% from FY2020 (FY2020 sales: 295,497). This occurred due to a series of lockdowns around the country to control the spread of COVID-19, which impacted this fiscal. On a year-over-year basis, electric two- and three-wheeler sales fell to 143,837 units (-5.37%) and 88,378 units (-59%), respectively. Low-speed models accounted for the majority of electric two-wheeler demand (103,000 units) in FY2021, while high-speed models accounted for 40,836 units.


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NEW YORK (Agencies): The prices of cocoa, a key ingredient in chocolate-making, have surged to the highest level in over 12 years due to mounting concerns about future production amidst already low available stocks.
New York cocoa futures reached $3,552 per metric ton, reaching a peak of $3,569 per ton, the highest price recorded for the commodity since March 2011.
The sharp increase in prices is primarily attributed to a decline in the global supply of cocoa. Analysts warn that the western part of Africa, where the majority of cocoa is grown, is facing risks of reduced production.
Soft commodities analyst, Judith Ganes, stated, “I don’t think we ever had three consecutive years of deficit,” highlighting the potential scarcity of cocoa.
Factors contributing to the decline in production include lower fertilizer use by farmers due to high costs and extreme weather conditions, which are impacting the top cocoa growers, Ivory Coast, and Ghana. Moreover, the prospect of a strong dry season from November onwards, typical of the El Nino weather event, is likely to reduce rainfall in West Africa.
Bloomberg estimates indicate that Ivory Coast’s cocoa bean harvest is expected to fall by 20% in 2023 compared to the previous year, while Ghana’s harvest is projected to fall below the historical average. This shortage has prompted chocolate manufacturers Lindt and Hershey Co. to issue warnings about potential further price increases.
The cocoa crisis in the industry may not only affect the quantity of chocolate products but also their quality. Alongside higher prices, chocolate companies may consider reducing the size of their chocolate bars to mitigate the impact of rising costs, according to Bloomberg.


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Mach7 Motorsports Falcon : First
Motoring Channel - 01/January/2011
Mach7 Motorsports Falcon
United States - Mach7
Motorsports is best known for its aerodynamic parts for the Viper
range, until just recently. The Michigan based company has unveiled its
latest project at Detroit Auto Show, dubbed the Falcon.
Mach7 Motorsports says it plans to
produce around 15 units per year, the Falcon has an aluminum
hydro-formed chassis with a carbon fibre monocoque.
Sitting under the bonnet is a
Corvette LS3 V8 engine producing 373kW, available as
standard. Although, Mach7 Motorsports also offers a GM LS9
engine that produces 477kW of power.
There were no official performance
specs made available, as the Falcon displayed in Detroit was an
Pricing for the Falcon is expected
to be around $200,000 according to a company representative with first
deliveries beginning before the end of 2011.
Viper SRT10 ACR (2008)
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It would seem that Google is prepping what could be a new game streaming service through YouTube. Supposedly called Playables the system would allow users to play simple games through mobile or desktop platforms, presumably through YouTube’s ecosystem. While there is no official confirmation of when this service could be made available to the public, Google employees are reportedly testing Playables now.
Word of Playables came out through a report from the Wall Street Journal, with a Google spokesperson speaking to questions regarding the service. According to anonymous sources familiar with the service, Playables will allow players to explore and play various simple games on the YouTube website and on the YouTube app on mobile devices. When asked about the service, a Google spokesperson declined to speak directly to Playables.
“Gaming has long been a focus at YouTube," Google’s representative said, nonetheless. “[We are] always experimenting with new features.”
Google has some precedent to continue to try to build a game service. The company only recently shut down cloud streaming game platform Google Stadia after the service failed to gain the traction Google wanted. Even so, Google continues to have the capabilities to stream games via its cloud networking capabilities.
As for Playables itself, it seems less like Google Stadia and perhaps more like Netflix Games, where players can access various games through Netflix on their mobile devices. Familiar sources said that one of the games being tested was Stack Bounce, an arcade game akin to Breakout or Arkanoid where players bounce a ball against bricks to destroy them with a user-controlled platform.
It’s unknown if we might see Playables come out of testing and become available to consumers. Stay tuned here at Shacknews for further updates on the story.
TJ Denzer posted a new article, YouTube is reportedly working on an instant-play 'Playables' feature for mobile and PC
Isn't this the same thing as the Google Play Games Instant Play on Android?
YouTube is a bigger brand, and they want to sell more Premium subs. This kind of thing is meant for a casual audience who are already on the app.
Shhh… they get more promotions by constantly reinventing the wheel over there!


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After weeks of rumors and speculation, the Razer Phone is official. Razer, who acquired Android phone maker startup Nextbit earlier this year, makes their first named device in the Android space and it spectacular from a specifications perspective. The phone will be $699 and pre-orders are being accepted starting Friday. And, get this, it will be in Microsoft stores nationally.
Okay, to the nitty-gritty. The Razer Phone is powered by the Snapdragon 835 SoC, has an impressive 8GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 64GB of onboard storage. The phone will support a MicroSD card so you can expand that storage up to 256GB. Display wise, it is a 5.7″ LCD that renders at 2560 x 1440 at, wait for it, 120Hz.
If you haven’t put it together yet, this phone is squarely aimed at being an entertainment device, both for gaming and for video watching.
Camera wise, the rear camera configuration is a dual camera with a 12MP f/1.75 wide angle shooter and a 13MP f/2.6 normal with both supported by PDAF.
Powering all of this is a 4000mAh battery that supports Quick Charge 4 technology.
Audio wise, you have DOLBY ATMOS stereo front-facing speakers with dual amplifiers. The Audio adapter is THX certified DAC too. No, there is not a 3.5mm headphone jack
The phone is being sold unlocked and will support GSM carriers here in the US. Here are the available bands:
- GSM UMTS: B1/2/3/4/5/8
- LTE: B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/17/19/20/25/26/28/29/30/66
The phone will ship with Android Nougat 7.1 which is a bit of a disappointment but the company has promised an Oreo update in the first quarter of 2018.
When you look at the Razer Phone, it is not hard to see the Nextbit designs shining through a bit. I was a big fan of the Robin and I’m glad to see it didn’t completely go away.
You can reserve your phone today but pre-orders don’t start until Friday. The phone will be $699


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Car and Limo Rentals Becoming Big Business in Beijing
Hiring a car to take people from one place to another in Beijing is becoming a very big business as traffic restrictions make it increasingly difficult for residents to own and drive cars. City officials have adopted these restrictions as part of a concerted effort to reduce the city’s serious traffic problems. The number of privately owned cars on Beijing’s streets has more than doubled in the last five years, creating nightmarish traffic jams and horrible air pollution problems. Taking drastic measures, Beijing officials have issued a month-long moratorium on buying cars, and they plan to issue license plates through a lottery system after the ban has expired.
The city’s traffic congestion problems have become so bad that cars with license plates issued outside the city may not travel on city streets during peak travel times. To combat the driving restrictions, Beijing residents have begun renting cars and limos to get around the city. Companies that rent these vehicles report that customers are renting up to 90 percent of their fleets at any given time, and many are scrambling to buy more vehicles to meet demand.
Fortunately, traffic congestion here in the Bay Area has not reached the gridlock found in Beijing, but there are plenty of days when it seems that bad. Forbes magazine recently ranked the worst cities to commute in the country. San Francisco was ranked tenth worst in the country, and San Jose wasn’t far behind. If you’re one of many San Franciscans who doesn’t own a car but likes to rent a car or limo on occasion, or you’re planning a visit to the Bay Area and weighing your car and limousine rental options, check out our rental options!
In addition to the area’s best selection of limousines in the Bay Area, we also offer a wide range of passenger vehicles and corporate sedans for day trips, airport shuttles, business travel and other occasions when you need a car for a day or two. Some of the practical vehicle choices include these:
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You already know about our huge fleet of Bay Area limousines, but sometimes our clients simply need a smaller, more practical vehicle to get around. Before you call one of the big national car rental chains and get their big, national and impersonal level of customer service, call us at 1-800-339-8936. Choose a locally owned and operated business instead! We have cars to fit every budget, so give us a call today and discover the NLS Limo difference!


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Group-financing platform Braid is trying to make transactions work for various entities, from shared households to side hustles to creative projects.
“Good artists borrow great artists steal” is a phrase that Facebook seems acutely aware of. It’s common to speak of Instagram, the Facebook-owned photo-app-now-social-network, borrow
GoPro releases the new Karma drone, Nikon launches 3 new action cams, Twitter makes changes looking for new users, Lyft outlined some of its ideas for autonomous driving, and Foundry Group raises $500
Twitter has added the ability to Direct Message with more than one person at a time, meaning you can now have private group conversations on the service. They’re also rolling out the ability to
Jigglist is a group chat app centered around finding places to go that are appropriate for the group that will attend.
A new gifting startup called Aggregift is launching an entirely new way to purchase goods on Amazon. The company, which has been quietly runni


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2015 NISSAN MURANO REVEALED
Slotting into Nissan’s range alongside the new X-Trail and Pathfinder, the 2015 Murano builds on the ‘out there’ styling of its predecessors to bring a more audacious option to the range.
Full details on the new Murano are still to come, although Nissan has confirmed power will be provided by its familiar 190kW/325Nm 3.5 litre petrol V6.
Features will include an eight-inch display with multi-touch control, along with the NissanConnectSM system with satellite navigation and a suite of mobile apps.
Among the new Murano’s safety technologies will be Moving Object Detection (MOD), Blind Spot Warning (BSW), Predictive Forward Collision Warning (PFCW) and Forward Emergency Braking.
Watch for more details to come this week.
Former Nissan Australia boss Peter Jones told TMR last year that the Murano will continue here - despite the Pathfinder now offering the same petrol engine with CVT combination, seven seats, two-wheel-drive and a cheaper price tag.
Speaking with TMR today, Nissan Australia's Chris Jordan confirmed a timeframe for the new Murano's local launch.
"Nissan will introduce the all-new Murano to the Australian market in the second half of the 2015 calendar year, to be sourced from the Canton, Mississippi facility in the United States," Mr Jordan said.
More information on Australian timing and specification will be confirmed at a later date.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – HSBC Holdings (NYSE:) said on Thursday it was launching a $1 billion lending fund to invest in female-owned businesses over the next 12 months.
The fund appears to be the largest of its type established anywhere, although HSBC did not comment on that issue.
“The level of funding received over time by female-led businesses is significantly lower than male counterparts, while the recent impacts of the pandemic have seen these same businesses disproportionately affected,” Sam Cooper-Gray, global head of market strategy at HSBC Business Banking, said in a statement.
“Female-owned businesses are also less likely to have global networks, meaning international expansion can prove particularly challenging,” she said.
HSBC said access to funding remained one of the biggest hurdles for female business leaders worldwide. Female-owned businesses had received just 3% of start-up funding in 2019, HSBC said.
HSBC’s Female Entrepreneur Fund will be open to both new and existing customers across 11 markets, with nearly half of them in Asia, including Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia. Other markets include the United States, Britain and Uruguay.


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Times of challenge spark new ideas and we’re about to see an innovation boom in the restaurant industry – particularly when it comes to ghost kitchens. Technology companies, having assessed how the pandemic has forced restaurants to transform their sales models, streamline delivery and curbside pick-up, address labor challenges and take additional precautions to protect safety, are finding opportunities to help restaurants whittle down their operations so they can excel in those areas. Specifically, look for more opportunities for turnkey restaurant-in-a-box solutions that give operators the hardware, software and management technology to set up a mobile shop in a parking lot (and in the process, decrease the cost and risk of starting a business). Restaurant Technology News reports that companies like Reef Technology are focusing on “proximity-as-a-service” platforms for organizations ranging from restaurants to retailers to even healthcare testing centers. While such solutions lower the barriers to entry for people with little experience, they can also help experienced operators dip their toe in the water with ghost kitchens to determine their ideal sales model going forward.
Could ghost kitchens become more the rule than the exception in the wake of COVID-19? It’s difficult to argue with the numbers. Automated kitchen technology systems are demonstrating how kitchens can churn out dozens of dishes per hour with minimal assistance from staff. (Kitchen Robotics’ newly released Beastro robotic kitchen, which claims to be the “world’s first robotic dark kitchen,” was designed to handle the planning, preparation and delivery of up to 45 dishes per hour – and only requires assistance in the plating of dishes and the refilling of feeders, the company says.) At a time when it’s difficult to not only find labor but also to quickly shift gears and guarantee safety if and when an employee becomes sick, the automation of kitchen tasks could be worth the investment – or at least some exploration. (In case you missed it, U.S. Foods launched a ghost kitchens program recently to help operators create new revenue streams.)


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After Google, now Bing Ads also released Expanded Text Ads (ETAs) globally. After testing it in beta for around three months, Bing Ads finally rolled out this feature on October 25.
Advertisers can now create and launch longer text ad formats in Bing Ads Editor. They can also import ETAs from Google AdWords in the Bing Ads interface. To make it more effective and beneficial for the advertisers, Bing Ads has also made it compatible with various third-party platforms including Marin Software, Adobe Media Optimizer, and Rakuten Marketing.
Bing’s ETAs look more of like Google’s expanded text ads and that is the reason the advertisers are allowed to import them from Google. This helps the advertisers save time and efforts along with easy migration.
The Early launch of Google’s ETAs helped Bing Ads improve their Expanded Text Ads. Though Google’s ETAs helped advertisers by considerably increasing the SERP and CTR, these had some pitfalls which caused criticism. Bing Ads paid attention to these loopholes and ensured to cover them in its ETAs to make it more effective and useful for the users.
How Bing ETAs are different from Google ETAs?
Though Bing’s ETAs have all the features of Google ETAs, it has some features making it more enjoyable and beneficial for the advertisers.
Limited truncation issues than Google: Though Bing Ads also have truncation issues; these are still much lower than Google.
Better control on Display URL:
Like Google’s ETAs, Bing also populates your ad’s display URL from the ad’s final URL domain. But to make it more beneficial for the advertisers, Bing allows the users to capitalize their domain name, which is not possible with Google ads.
Are you ready to test Bing’s new Expanded Text Ads? Don’t forget to share your experience and changes in the results through comments.


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'We keep you on the road'
Last updated 4/2/2020 at 4:26pm
Editor's note: The coronavirus pandemic has changed our world in ways most of us could never have imagined. The Eastern New Mexico News is reflecting those changes in a series of stories and photos that will continue until the return of a relative normal.
You've wiped down the car-door handles and the steering wheel and you're ready to take that trip to the grocery store. Then you look down and see that one of your tires is flat.
It's a good thing tire stores are classified "essential" businesses in these bizarre COVID-19 days.
"We keep you on the road," Mirella Trevino, office manager of Forrest Tire in Clovis, said Monday afternoon. "For the truckers and whoever else needs us. That's why our business is essential - it's to keep you on the road and keep you going."
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last week issued a stay-at-home order, but also included a list of essential businesses that could remain open, though limitations are in place.
"Tires are essential for your mom and dad needing to go to the grocery store. You need to go to the grocery store," L.C. Bloomer, manager of Discount Tire in Clovis said Monday. "We do a lot of flat repairs. We're not necessarily installing a lot of tires, but we do. We've had instances where nurses have needed tires, railroaders have needed tires going in and out of town, some of the electricians. As far as day-to-day customers, personal vehicles, we see a lot of flats from that, any kind of damages people are experiencing, because that's what we're here for. But you would be surprised actually how much of the railroad community and armed forces need tires right now to go where they're supposed to."
So it's business as usual for tire stores throughout the area. That is, business as usual in the sense that they are available for what customers need. As for the stores specifically, things are not at all usual.
Discount Tire normally has a lobby with people sitting in chairs along the wall, more chairs clustered by a window closer to the front. Not now, for the sake of social distancing. In fact, there is a sign at the front door reading PLEASE WAIT HERE, and another sign that begins, "In response to the recommended protocols for COVID-19 ..." and goes on to explain why people have to wait for a Discount Tire worker to greet them at the door.
"We'll come out and we meet you at the car," Bloomer said, "and do our safety inspection with distance."
A sign on the front door of Forrest Tire informs that the shop's temporary hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The sign goes on to state that Forrest's Brake and Alignment shop's temporary hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and adds that the shop is closed on Saturdays.
These kinds of signs have become a common part of our world in recent weeks. Who'd have thought it in January or February?
On the positive side, Forrest does still have plenty of hours for people who need to use them. "They're very appreciative that we're still here and open for business," Trevino said.
On the down side, the revamped schedule, though necessary for safety, is not all that good for the shop's economics.
"We've had to adjust," Trevino said. "It's two ways; it hit us hard, but we've got to do what we've got to do to keep it going. (There's been a) 10 percent cut in our income, our checks. And it hit our hours as well. Some of them (working at the shop) we had to send home; they would like to keep all of us here, but with everything that's going on, we had to cut hours as well."
Customers can still walk into Forrest's lobby, which is small enough to keep a potentially unhealthy number of people from gathering. But Forrest is taking the same precautions as everyone else.
"We try to keep clean," Trevino said, "do our best to keep everybody safe."
Trevino has a surgical mask hanging from a small college-style refrigerator behind her desk, and a box of rubber gloves underneath that desk.
Squeaky clean is the goal at Discount Tire as well.
"After every customer we help, we sanitize," Bloomer said. "And we ask our customers to pull their cars in (to the work area) now, something we used to not do, but we want to limit exposure. So we'll ask the customer to pull the car in, step out, and then when we're finished with the vehicle we'll ask them to pull it out, and we'll guide them out."
So, safety measures are being taken to keep an essential business, an essential part of life, available to customers.
And though the stores' availability remains, the amount of customers hasn't stayed quite the same.
"It seems like a lot of people are just staying home like they're supposed to," Bloomer said.


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Tim Cook’s Tulane University commencement address is now available to watch online. Cook delivered his speech to graduates over the weekend, during which he drew on his own career experiences to offer advice to those just about to set foot into the world of work.
Check it out below.
Cook’s speech begins at around the 3:24 mark. During his speech, he talks about joining Apple in 1998, at a time when Apple wasn’t exactly the most prestigious company to work for. “Steve had a plan to change things, and I wanted to be a part of it,” Cook said. “It wasn’t just about the iMac or the iPod or everything that came after. It was about the values that brought these inventions to life.”
He also discusses climate change, along with respecting the views of others, while still finding ways to move humanity forward.
This isn’t the first time Cook has delivered commencement addresses. He has previously given well-received speeches at George Washington, MIT, and former alma mater Duke University. After his appearance at Tulane University, Cook visited a nearby acclaimed New Orleans music center. In addition to meeting students, he announced that Apple would be donating equipment to the facility.
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The retail weather forecast from Saturday October 6 through to Friday October 12, 2018.
The week last year
High pressure built in, keeping most areas warm and dry, although a few showers crossed the North.
The week this year
Temperatures will start out much cooler than last year and normal, but will slowly moderate by mid-week compared with normal.
By the end of the week, temperatures will once again slip well below last year. Much of the week will be plagued by scattered showers for most areas, although the weekend may offer some drier conditions.
While cooler than last year, conditions will continue to encourage purchasing of autumn/winter products; increased showers will have a negative impact on footfall during the working week.


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The record year and the IPO are also paying off personally for the Porsche managers. CEO Oliver Blume will receive a total of up to EUR 2.37 million in three tranches, while the other members of the Board of Management will receive up to EUR 1.36 million. This emerges from the company's annual report, which sports car manufacturer published together with its annual figures on Monday. Overall, the Porsche executive suite could collect a good 10 million euros in bonuses for the IPO.
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The group, which has been regarded as Europe's most valuable car manufacturer since its IPO in September last year, had also paid out high bonuses to many other employees in the course of the IPO. Most employees received a payment of 3000,<> euros with the November salary, executives reportedly received further bonuses in five and six figures.
Blume receives almost no remuneration
The board members can look forward to a multiple of this. They will receive virtual shares in three tranches, which will be paid out until the third anniversary of the IPO. The payout amount is based on the share price in the period prior to a reporting date, and upper and lower limits have also been defined. At least the board members come to about 630,000 euros, Porsche boss Blume to 1.1 million euros.
On Monday, the Group also announced the remuneration of the top management for the first time due to the stock exchange listing. CFO and Vice Chairman Lutz Meschke received a good 3.6 million euros, including bonuses and pension expenses. Most of the other board members came to just under 3 million euros, Procurement Director Barbara Frenkel, who has only been in office since 2021, received just under 2 million euros.
Plea for e-fuels
CEO Oliver Blume, on the other hand, was almost completely empty-handed. He received only a supply expense of a good 6000 euros. Otherwise, due to a transitional solution last year, he was paid exclusively by the parent company Volkswagen, where he sat on the Board of Management until the middle of the year and then took over as Chairman of the Board of Management. In the future, he will be paid half by Porsche and half by the VW parent company, Blume said in a press conference. This Tuesday, he presents the annual figures of the VW Group.
Last year, the sports car and SUV manufacturer generated record figures. Group sales increased by 13.6 percent to EUR 37.6 billion. The Group increased its operating profit by more than a quarter to EUR 6.8 billion. The bottom line was a profit of just under 5 billion euros, almost one billion more than in the previous year. The operating return on sales rose from 16 to 18 percent.
CFO Meschke reaffirmed the goal of generating a return of more than 20 percent in the long term. For the current year, he announced a range of 17 to 19 percent and sales of 40 to 42 billion euros.
Porsche and VW boss Blume used the stage for a plea for the controversial e-fuels, the future of which is currently being disputed by the German government and thus blocking an agreement at EU level. One must "sweep out every corner" for climate protection. They are very important for the existing vehicles and can use the existing infrastructure. In the long term, however, electric cars would prevail, said the manager. "In the future, electric motors will be vastly superior to combustion engines."


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Nutrition News: Sugary Drinks Are a Killer, Unhealthy Restaurant Food, When to Eat Bread
How bad are sugary drinks for us? On a global scale, their toll is staggering. According to a recent analysis of data from dozens of international dietary surveys and large-scale studies, published online in Circulation, sugar-sweetened-beverage consumption causes more than 184,000 deaths — about 133,000 deaths from diabetes, 45,000 from cardiovascular disease and 6,450 from cancer — worldwide every year. (Gulp.) In the United States alone, about 25,000 deaths annually are attributable to sugary drinks, The New York Times reports, noting that experts are calling for the elimination of sugary drinks from our food supply altogether.
The key to curbing your appetite may as simple as saving the breadbasket for the end of the meal, rather than starting it with a heap of calories and carbs. A new (small, but compelling) study, published in the journal Diabetes Care, found that, when people were served bread at the end of the meal, instead of at the beginning, they were less prone to blood sugar spikes — and their appetite may have been tamped down a bit, too. "The worst situation is having refined carbohydrates on an empty stomach, because there's nothing to slow down the digestion of that carbohydrate into sugar," one weight expert not involved with the study explained to NPR. As for food order’s effect on appetite, "It could be that this helps people to maintain their weight loss by helping them to understand when to eat carbs so it won't rev up their appetite," said lead author Louis Aronne, of Weill-Cornell Medical College.
General Mills, which only weeks ago announced it was removing artificial flavors and colors from its cereals, is now letting the world know it plans to use only cage-free eggs for its U.S. operations as part of its new global animal welfare policy, which it worked with the Humane Society of the United States to develop. The move to 100 cage-free eggs will be completed in a “reasonable timeline,” the company said, though of course the current U.S. egg shortage may complicate matters, the Associated Press reports. General Mills, which counts Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Progresso, Yoplait and Hamburger Helper among its brands, uses eggs in many of its products, although some, such as European-made Haagen-Dazs ice cream, use only free-range eggs – a step beyond cage-free.
Amy Reiter is a writer and editor based in New York. A regular contributor to The Los Angeles Times, she has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Glamour, Marie Claire, The Daily Beast and Wine Spectator, among others, as well as for Salon, where she was a longtime editor and senior writer. In addition to contributing to Healthy Eats, she blogs for Food Network’s FN Dish .